Varaha Purana 86.11: Adhyaya 86, Shloka 11

Description of Śākadvīpa and Kuśadvīpa

Cosmographic Geography

Devanagari script

तस्यापरेण जलधारो नाम गिरिः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 86.11

Transliteration

tasyāpareṇa jaladhāro nāma giriḥ

Translation

उस पहाड़ के पीछे की तरफ एक और पहाड़ है। उसका नाम जलधर है।

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Word by Word

• तस्य: of it / of that (mountain)
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपरेण: on the other side / beyond
• अपरेण: अधिकरण/सम्बन्ध (Adhikaraṇa/Relational)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम्; ‘on the other side/next to’ (instrumental of relation)

• जलधारः: Jaladhāra (name) / water-stream
• जलधारः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल + धार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (जलस्य धारः = जलप्रवाहः; नामरूपेण)

• नाम: by name / called
• नाम: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Naming marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नामार्थक-अव्यय (naming marker: ‘by name’)

• गिरिः: mountain
• गिरिः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Eco-Hydrology in Texts

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

Hydrology-themed toponyms (‘Jaladhāra’) illustrate how Purāṇic geography encodes environmental observation and the cultural value of water sources.

Which geographic location is identified?

A mountain called Jaladhāra is named relative to the previously mentioned mountain; precise modern identification is indeterminate from this fragment alone.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, the naming foregrounds water-bearing landscapes as culturally significant, supporting a conservation-oriented reading without prescribing ritual obligation.